[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS]
| A.L.S. of William Wilson, an Actor of the "Fortune" Theatre, to Edward Alleyn, of Dulwich, 1620 | [Frontispiece] |
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| Signatures of the Egyptian Clients of the Author, 1882-1888, H.R.H. the Khedive Ismail; H.R.H. Prince Ibrahim Hilmy, his Son, and Arabi Pacha | [11] |
| Last page of A.L.S. of Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of Kingston, at St. Petersburg, to Miss Chudleigh, at Bath | [29] |
| Warrant signed by Warren Hastings, Philip Francis, Edward Wheeler, and Eyre Coote, May 31, 1780 | [30] |
| A.L.S. obtained from Cardinal Newman by an Autograph-hunter, September 4, 1870 | [43] |
| Two pages of A.L.S. of Sir John Tenniel, of Punch, obtained by an Autograph-hunter, October 13, 1903 | [45] |
| From the Prelude of "Gerontius," MS. Bars signed by Sir Edward Elgar, September, 1900 | [49] |
| Facsimile of the Historic Letter from George Crabbe to Edmund Burke | [63] |
| The Autograph of Ludwig van Beethoven | [64] |
| First page of A.L.S. of Dr. Johnson to Sir Joshua Reynolds on the subject of Crabbe's Poems, 1783 | [74] |
| Lines of Thomas Chatterton on Horace Walpole, which cost Sir George White, of Bristol, £34 | [74] |
| A Specimen of Ireland's Shakespearean Forgeries attested by himself | [77] |
| William Ireland's Attestation of his Forgeries of Shakespeare's Signature | [79] |
| Forged Letter of W. M. Thackeray, in which his later Handwriting is imitated | [83] |
| Two pages of a Letter by Lord Brougham to E. Arago, offering to become a Naturalised Frenchman and a Candidate for the French Chambers | [99] |
| Specimen page of the Dumouriez MS. discovered by the Writer | [102] |
| Original Dispatch of Lord Cawdor to Duke of Portland describing the Landing and Surrender of the French at Fishguard, February, 1797 | [103] |
| MS. Verses on Trafalgar in the Handwriting of Charles Dibdin, 1805 | [107] |
| Bulletin issued a week after the birth of King Edward VII. and signed by the Medical Men in attendance, November 16, 1841 | [114] |
| Order to the Duke of Beaufort to destroy Keynsham Bridge, near Bristol, on the approach of Monmouth, signed by King James II., June 21, 1685 | [115] |
| A.L.S. of the Electress Sophia of Hanover to the Duke of Leeds, October 19, 1710 | [116] |
| A.L.S. of King George III. on the Subject of the Defence of England in the early stages of the Great Terror of 1796-1805 | [119] |
| Commission signed by Oliver Cromwell, October 20, 1651 | [121] |
| Signature of Lord Protector Richard Cromwell to a Commission, January, 1658 | [122] |
| Fourteen lines in the Writing of Napoleon on Military Order, with his Signature, July 3, 1803 | [123] |
| Autograph of Henry VII., King of England (1456-1509) | [127] |
| A.L.S. of King William III. from Camp before Namur, July 13, 1795 | [128] |
| Last page of A.L.S. of Empress Catherine of Russia to Mrs. de Bielke, of Hamburg, July 28, 1767 | [128] |
| One of the earliest Signatures of Louis XIV. (aged six) | [135] |
| Interesting A.L.S. of Louis XVI. to the Chemist Lavoisier on the subject of the Discovery of Inflammable Gas, Versailles, March 15, 1789 | [136] |
| A.L.S. of King George III. to Sir Samuel Hood (afterwards Lord Hood), June 13, 1779 | [137] |
| A.L.S. of King George III. written four days before the Battle of Trafalgar | [141] |
| A.L.S. of Queen Alexandra to Mrs. Gladstone, December 7, 1888 | [145] |
| Queen Victoria's Order on a Letter of Sir Henry Ponsonby, April 26, 1894 | [146] |
| One of the last Letters written by Queen Victoria, addressed to General Sir George White, of Ladysmith | [147] |
| Autograph Telegram from the late Prince Albert Victor of Wales to his Grandmother, Queen Victoria | [149] |
| Holograph Telegram of the Duke of Connaught to Queen Victoria, St. Petersburg, May 26, 1896 | [150] |
| One page of A.L.S. of Queen Victoria to her elder Daughter, aged six, October 21, 1846 | [153] |
| First page of A.L.S. of the Duchess of Kent to her Grandson, King Edward VII., aged eight, August 26, 1849 | [154] |
| First page of A.L.S. of Queen Adelaide to her Great-niece, the late Empress Frederick of Germany, circa 1848 | [157] |
| Page of Register containing the Signatures of Contracting Parties and Witnesses at the Marriage of King Edward VII. and Queen Alexandra, 1863 | [158] |
| Page from the MS. Remark-book of Prince William Henry (afterwards King William IV.), in which he begins to describe New York, January, 1781 | [159] |
| Page of Exercise Book of King George IV. at the age of twelve | [159] |
| Drawing by Charlotte, Empress of Mexico, dated Lacken, 1850 | [160] |
| A sheet from the Copy-book of the Emperor Alexander II. of Russia when a boy | [160] |
| A.L.S. of Queen Charlotte to Mr. Penn, of Portland, November 19, 1813 | [163] |
| First page of A.L.S. by Albert, Prince Consort, to General Peel, 1858 | [165] |
| Exercise of the late King Edward VII. when ten years old, December 17, 1851 | [166] |
| Exercise of the late Duke of Coburg (Prince Alfred) at the age of eight | [166] |
| One page of A.L.S. of King George V., when Duke of York to the late Duchess Dowager of Manchester, February 22, 1886 | [167] |
| One page of A.L.S. of Queen Mary, while Duchess of York, to a friend, May 24, 1900 | [168] |
| First page of A.L.S. of the Empress Frederick of Germany to Mr. Prothero, February 22, 1889 | [168] |
| Last page of unpublished Holograph Poem in Handwriting of William Pitt, May, 1771 | [177] |
| Last Whip issued by William Pitt and signed by him, December 31, 1805 | [178] |
| Signature of Sir Isaac Heard, Garter, on Card of Admission to the Funeral of William Pitt, 1806 | [178] |
| A.L.S. of Earl of Chesterfield, October 8, 1771, describing the Inaugural Ball at the new Bath Assembly Rooms | [183] |
| One page of A.L.S. from Mr. W. E. Gladstone at Balmoral to Cardinal Manning, n.d. | [188] |
| One Page of A.L.S. of Mr. Disraeli (afterwards Lord Beaconsfield) on Church matters, n.d. | [191] |
| The Signature of Shakespeare on the last page of his Will | [196] |
| Deed containing the Signature of Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, and nearly all the Members of his Family, temp. James I. | [199] |
| A.L.S. of John Evelyn to Samuel Pepys, Deptford, September 25, 1790 | [200] |
| Early Signature of John Milton on Documents now in possession of Mr. Quaritch | [203] |
| Page of Dr. Johnson's Diary recording his impressions of Stonehenge, &c., 1783 | [207] |
| The two last pages of the MS. Journal of Mrs. Thrale's Tour in Wales, July-September, 1774, describing the Dinner at Burke's | [208] |
| Holograph lines by Goethe on Blücher, circa 1812-13 | [213] |
| A.L.S. of John Keats (three pages) to J. H. Reynolds, February 28, 1820 | [214] |
| Letter of Lord Tennyson to Mr. Moxon | [217] |
| A.L.S. of Lord Byron to Mr. Perry, March 1, 1812 | [217] |
| Illustrated Letter of W. M. Thackeray from Glasgow | [218] |
| Lines from the "Iliad." Specimen of the MS. of the late Mr. George Meredith | [219] |
| A.L.S. of W. M. Thackeray to Count d'Orsay on fly-leaf of circular announcing the Publication of a Picture, n.d. | [221] |
| Early A.L.S. of W. M. Thackeray to Mr. Macrone, Publisher, discovered by Mr. George Gregory, of Bath | [222] |
| First page of one of Charles Dickens's last Letters, May 15, 1870 | [225] |
| A.L.S. of Honourable Mrs. Norton containing an invitation to meet Charles Dickens, the author of "Pickwick," at dinner | [226] |
| Early Letter of Charles Dickens to Mr. Macrone (1836) from Furnival's Inn | [227] |
| A.L.S. of "Perdita" (Mary Robinson) to George, Prince of Wales, January 19, 1785 | [228] |
| Holograph Order of Admission of Thomas Carlyle to his Rectorial Address at Edinburgh University, dated March 23, 1866 | [230] |
| A.L.S. of John Wesley, June 14, 1788 | [232] |
| A.L.S. of Duke of Montrose to the King | [239] |
| Part of A.L.S. of Earl Howe to Earl Spencer after his great Victory of June 1, 1794 | [239] |
| Official MS. Account of Expenses incurred at Funeral of Queen Anne | [240] |
| One page of A.L.S. of General Byng, October 27, 1727 | [242] |
| Signature of Admiral Byng on his Will a few days before his death, March, 1757 | [242] |
| A.L.S. of Lord Nelson to Earl Spencer, written with his right hand, Theseus, May 28, 1798 | [245] |
| A.L.S. of Nelson to Lady Hamilton about his wife, written with his left hand, January 24, 1801 | [245] |
| First page of A.L.S. of Lady Nelson to her Husband, December 10, 1799 | [246] |
| Naval Commission signed by Lord Nelson, April 25, 1781 | [246] |
| A.L.S. of Sir Thomas Hardy about Lord Nelson's Beer, Torbay, February 20, 1801 | [251] |
| Letter of Duke of Wellington to Mr. Algernon Greville, October 24, 1841, speaking of the necessity of his being present at the Birth of King Edward VII. | [251] |
| Envelope directed by Duke of Wellington to Lady Sidmouth enclosing lock of Napoleon's hair, 1821 | [252] |
| A.L.S. of the Abbé Liszt to Secretary of Princess of Wales (Queen Alexandra), April 16, 1886 | [258] |
| A.L.S. of Joseph Haydn, the Composer, June 5, 1803 | [260] |
| Signature of the nonagenarian Mrs. Garrick a few days before her death | [263] |
| A genuine short Note signed by Edmund Kean, afterwards imitated | [264] |
| A.L.S. of R. B. Sheridan asking for time to pay a draft | [265] |
| A.L.S. of Charles Mathews, the Actor, proposing his son for election to Garrick Club, n.d. | [266] |
| Last page of A.L.S. of Mrs. Siddons to Mrs. Piozzi after the Fire at Covent Garden Theatre | [268] |
| Letter of the Chevalier d'Éon to Colonel Monson, Bath, January 7, 1796 | [271] |
| Account for Supper given by the Chevalier d'Éon to Prince Henry of Prussia, August 15, 1784 | [271] |
| One of the last Letters ever written by Grimaldi, the great Clown, December 20, 1829 | [272] |
| A.L.S. of William Hogarth to his Wife, January 6, 1749 | [273] |
| Last page of an A.L.S. by the painter George Romney | [274] |
| A.L.S. of Sir Joshua Reynolds to George Crabbe, March 4, 1783 | [275] |
| A.L.S. of George Morland | [275] |
| Two pages of Illustrated Letter from the Honble. Mrs. Norton to a Sister, July, 1854 | [276] |
| Portion of Illustrated Letter by John Leech | [279] |
| Page of Illustrated A.L.S. from Mr. Wheeler to Sir F. Burnand | [280] |
| Illustrated A.L.S. of Fred Barnard relating to the plates of "Dombey and Son," n.d. | [281] |
| Portrait of Charles Peace, the murderer, on A.L.S. of Sir Frank Lockwood, who defended him, written in 1888 | [282] |
| A.L.S. of George Cruickshank, September, 1836, about Dickens's first call on him | [283] |
| Postcard of James Whistler from Lion Hotel, Lyme Regis, circa 1888 | [284] |
| First page of A.L.S. of the Painter Meissonier, July 25, 1861 | [284] |
| Portraits of Sir R. Reid (now Lord Loreburn) and the late Sir Frank Lockwood on an Illustrated Letter written by the latter during the Parnell Commission | [285] |
| Two pages of Illustrated Letter by Hablot K. Browne | [286] |
| Two pages of a Letter from Richard Cobden in "The Forties" | [287] |
| Early Signature of Napoleon I. as "Buonaparte" on Military Document, dated February 1, 1796 | [297] |
| First page of A.L.S. of Admiral Villeneuve announcing to the French Minister of Marine the Disaster of the Nile, September, 1798 | [297] |
| Signature of Empress Marie Louise as Regent, July, 1813 | [298] |
| A.L.S. of Joseph Bonaparte, afterwards King of Spain, January, 1806 | [299] |
| A.L.S. of Talleyrand in Paris to Napoleon I. at Bayonne congratulating him on the Birth of Napoleon III., at which he had been present, April, 1808 | [301] |
| Letter signed by the Empress Josephine, 3 ventose an x [February 22, 1802] | [302] |
| A.L.S. of Marshal Ney, Paris, December 23, 1813 | [304] |
| Exercise of the King of Rome, Duke de Reichstadt, circa 1827 | [305] |
| Portion of Essay on Gunnery written by the late Prince Imperial of France while a Cadet at the Woolwich Military Academy | [307] |
| Page of A.L.S. of Napoleon III. to Dr. O'Meara, March 9, 1836 | [308] |
| Sketch by the late Prince Imperial, circa 1866 | [308] |
| A.L.S. of Admiral Brueys, the French Admiral Commanding-in-Chief, who was killed at Trafalgar, dated May 25, 1797 | [310] |
| Two Signatures of Marie Antoinette on a Warrant, October, 1783 | [312] |
| A.L.S. of Napoleon III. to Lord Alfred Paget from Wilhelmshohe, October 29, 1870 | [313] |
| First page of Letter in English from Voltaire to Earl of Chesterfield, Ferney, August 5, 1761 | [314] |
| The Signature and Writing of Button Gwinnett, the rarest Autograph of the "Signers" | [326] |
| The last page of the Letter of Thomas Lynch, jun., one of the American "Signers," which fetched 7,000 dollars | [328] |
| The last page of George Washington's splendid A.L.S., now published through the kindness of Mr. T. C. S. Cuyler | [333] |
| A.L.S. of Benjamin Franklin to George Washington, March 2, 1778 | [334] |
| Early writing of the late King Edward VII., circa 1850 | [344] |
[I]
ON AUTOGRAPH
COLLECTING
GENERALLY
LAST PAGE OF A.L.S. OF ELIZABETH CHUDLEIGH, DUCHESS OF KINGSTON, AT ST. PETERSBURG, TO MISS CHUDLEIGH, AT BATH.